If you pay more than the current average you’ll unlock The Night of the Rabbit: Premium Edition, Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse and Always Sometimes Monsters and various soundtracks for the games on offer.

Drop $8 or more on the bundle and you’ll pick up The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief Digital Deluxe Edition and Blackwell Epiphany and the respective soundtracks.

All are available for PC and information on Linux and Mac availability can be found through the link.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2015/05/22/humble-bundle-adventures-2-bundle-comes-with-nine-games/feed/0Nordic Games hands back rights to Costume Quest and Stacking to Double Finehttp://www.vg247.com/2013/11/26/nordic-games-hands-back-rights-to-costume-quest-and-stacking-to-double-fine/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/26/nordic-games-hands-back-rights-to-costume-quest-and-stacking-to-double-fine/#commentsTue, 26 Nov 2013 17:02:15 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=430394Nordic Games has announced Double Fine has acquire the publishing and distribution rights for Costume Quest and Stacking after the former picked them up in the THQ sale.

According to the press release, Nordic and Double Fine have also entered into an agreement which will see retail versions of Psychonauts, Costume Quest and Stacking for Windows and Mac published by Nordic in North America and Europe during the first half of 2014.

“I just want to clarify, again, that we support the right of independent developers to control their own distribution, and we were pleased to have the opportunity to work with Double Fine,” said Klemens Kreuzer, Managing Director at Nordic Games. “No heists.”

“I am pleased that we have regained full control over Costume Quest and Stacking, following a daring and top-secret midnight raid on the Nordic Games headquarters in Vienna,” said Double Fine president and CEO Tim Schafer.

“We can’t wait to partner with Double Fine for this upcoming retail launch of three of its most excellent games,” said Lars Wingefors, owner and CEO of Nordic Games. “However, I feel compelled to point out that we were happy to transfer distribution rights for Costume Quest and Stacking back to Double Fine in an entirely non-secretive and heist-free manner.”

“Double Fine is dedicated to controlling its own IP, and we will continue working to bring all associated rights back in-house whenever possible,” said Double Fine business development VP Justin Bailey, “no matter how many split-second security system hacks or painstaking tunneling operations we have to execute.”

Psychonauts was released at retail in 2005, but has only been available through digital distribution in recent years.

The upcoming retail launch will mark the first time Costume Quest and Stacking have been available as physical releases.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/11/26/nordic-games-hands-back-rights-to-costume-quest-and-stacking-to-double-fine/feed/6Double Fine still keen to acquire lost THQ rightshttp://www.vg247.com/2013/05/12/double-fine-still-keen-to-acquire-lost-thq-rights/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/12/double-fine-still-keen-to-acquire-lost-thq-rights/#commentsSun, 12 May 2013 22:42:17 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=365861Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has said the developer wants to re-acquire the distribution rights for Costume Quest and Stacking – for emotional reasons, not financial ones.

“It’s not, like, a lot of money; it’s mostly for us to just tidy up things. And also an emotional attachment – more of a mission of Double Fine to own everything that we make,” he said.

“It’s, like, this loose end that kind of bothers me that we’d like to tie up.”

Schafer declined comment when whether Double Fine is currently in talks with Nordic Games to get the rights, and commented that the indie is at a disadvantage in any discussion of the topic.

“It’s frustrating when something’s really valuable to you for emotional reasons, and not that valuable to anyone else,” he said.

“Because they can still say, ‘Well, how much do you want it for?’ and it’s, like, ‘Aw, you know this isn’t valuable to you.’ It’s valuable to me, but not for business reasons, in a sense.”

Double Fine owns the IP for both games, so it can go ahead and build on either property should it so choose; Nordic Games merely collects on any proceeds the games generate through specific – but not all – distribution channels.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/12/double-fine-still-keen-to-acquire-lost-thq-rights/feed/3The Double Fine Humble Bundle has gone livehttp://www.vg247.com/2013/05/07/the-double-fine-humble-bundle-has-gone-live/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/07/the-double-fine-humble-bundle-has-gone-live/#commentsTue, 07 May 2013 19:53:32 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=364660The Double Fine Humble Bundle has launched. The lovely pay-what-you-want pack comes with cross-platform and DRM-free versions of Costume Quest, Psychonauts and Stacking. If ou pay over the $8.28 minimum you will also get Brütal Legend, If you pay $35 or more, you will also be pre-ordering Broken Age, the firm’s Kickstarter project. If you are feeling even more generous, if you pay $70 you will also get a t-shirt. All games are compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and just giving $1 opens the three main titles up on Steam. You have 13 days left on the clock. A video is below.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/07/the-double-fine-humble-bundle-has-gone-live/feed/1Double Fine hopeful of regaining distribution rights to Stacking, Costume Questhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/27/double-fine-hopeful-of-regaining-distribution-rights-to-stacking-costume-quest/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/27/double-fine-hopeful-of-regaining-distribution-rights-to-stacking-costume-quest/#commentsWed, 27 Feb 2013 23:29:56 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=344615Double Fine, like many developers, is looking for ways to regain control over certain tiles included in an auction of THQ’s remaining assets.

One of the lots in THQ’s auction contains a hodge-podge of third-party titles. What rights the lot grants varies from title to title; in the case of Double Fine’s Costume Quest and Stacking, the developer told Polygon THQ held limited distribution rights.

Although it doesn’t want to purchase the whole licensed lot, Double Fine thinks it may be able to regain these rights anyway.

“We are optimistic about regaining these distribution rights, as this process has already demonstrated that when there are parties interested in specific assets, those assets are worth more when sold separately,” Double Fine’s Justin Bailey said.

Double Fine holds all the rights to the intellectual property for both titles. Most titles in the licensed lot are likely to include only limited rights to publication or distribution, as the nature of licensed titles means somebody else owns the full or partial IP rights.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/27/double-fine-hopeful-of-regaining-distribution-rights-to-stacking-costume-quest/feed/6Double Fine’s stacking is £1.99 on PSN for today onlyhttp://www.vg247.com/2013/02/14/double-fines-stacking-is-1-99-on-psn-for-today-only/
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/14/double-fines-stacking-is-1-99-on-psn-for-today-only/#commentsThu, 14 Feb 2013 13:21:34 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=340218Double Fine’s charming as-all-hell puzzler is going cheap on PSN today. Grab it while you can though, as it’s only on offer for today.

Sony posted the deal on its SEN web-store today. You can buy it direct from the store now by hitting this link.

Have you played Stacking before? If so, what do you think? If not, will this deal tempt you?

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/14/double-fines-stacking-is-1-99-on-psn-for-today-only/feed/2Double Fine offers discounts on all its wareshttp://www.vg247.com/2012/10/10/double-fine-offers-discounts-on-all-its-wares/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/10/double-fine-offers-discounts-on-all-its-wares/#commentsWed, 10 Oct 2012 08:11:53 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=305428Offbeat indie developer, Double Fine, is currently offering significant discounts on each and every one of its quirky titles across PS3, PC and 360. Hit the break for large-number discount details.

To celebrate the anniversary of the original release of Brütal Legend in October 2009 and as a nod to Costume Quest’s Halloween roots, Tim Schafer’s Double Fine is offering discounts on all of its titles through a number of outlets.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/10/double-fine-offers-discounts-on-all-its-wares/feed/3THQ sale and other deals of the week hit Xbox Livehttp://www.vg247.com/2012/03/21/thq-sales-and-other-deals-of-the-week-hit-xbox-live/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/21/thq-sales-and-other-deals-of-the-week-hit-xbox-live/#commentsWed, 21 Mar 2012 17:50:45 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=245388THQ is having a sale on various items through XBLM, and from now until March 26 you can get Homefront, Saints Row 2, Space Marine, Costume Quest, Stacking, and other bits of content 50% off the normal price. Microsoft is also holding a Gold Member exclusive sale on BioShock 2 DLC Minerva’s Den, Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, and the Rapture Metro Pack which are each 50% off. So is Protector Trials and Big Sister and Bouncer Big Daddy avatar items are 50% off as well. Hit up the Major for more information, or check out the list posted below.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/21/thq-sales-and-other-deals-of-the-week-hit-xbox-live/feed/2Stacking now available on PChttp://www.vg247.com/2012/03/06/stacking-now-available-on-pc/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/06/stacking-now-available-on-pc/#commentsTue, 06 Mar 2012 23:51:09 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=239941Double Fine’s charming puzzle adventure Stacking is now available for the PC crowd.

Stacking is currently on sale to mark its debut on Steam, coming in at just $9.99 after a 33% discount.

It’s also available in a bundle with Psychonauts for $19.99, down from $29.99.

Stacking is set in a world of Babushka dolls, and players must don and shed layers of varying abilities to overcome obstacles and challenges on a quest to rescue their siblings from the evils of child labour. Flat caps are involved. Most puzzles have more than one solution and creative approaches are usually rewarded with Double Fine’s trademark wit.

Stacking is also available on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/06/stacking-now-available-on-pc/feed/1Double Fine’s Stacking coming to PChttp://www.vg247.com/2011/12/16/double-fines-stacking-coming-to-pc/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/16/double-fines-stacking-coming-to-pc/#commentsFri, 16 Dec 2011 14:32:40 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=222739Double Fine’s confirmed it’s to bring Stacking to PC “soon.” The news is, amazingly, brought to us via Russian stacking dolls in an acceptance speech for the game winning Best Downloadable Game from X-Play for the console version earlier this year. I blame Double Fine’s Tim Schafer and Lee Perry for what its just scarred my head with.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/16/double-fines-stacking-coming-to-pc/feed/3Stacking gets Lost Hobo King add-on todayhttp://www.vg247.com/2011/04/06/stacking-gets-lost-hobo-king-add-on-today/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/06/stacking-gets-lost-hobo-king-add-on-today/#respondWed, 06 Apr 2011 10:37:08 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=161416THQ’s announced that The Lost Hobo King DLC will be available today for Stacking.

The content for the Double Fine adventure title will consist of new doll characters, new challenges and a new environment, known as Camelfoot, while its story sees Charlie trying to help uncle Rufus become King.

It’s available now on the US PS Store for $4.99, and will be available for 400MSP on Xbox Live Marketplace.

The news comes from a US press release, but it should be available for EU PS3 owners too later today.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/06/stacking-gets-lost-hobo-king-add-on-today/feed/0Coming soon to XBL Marketplace: The Lost Hobo King, BFBC2 dealshttp://www.vg247.com/2011/03/29/coming-soon-to-xbl-marketplace-the-lost-hobo-king-bfbc2-deals/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/29/coming-soon-to-xbl-marketplace-the-lost-hobo-king-bfbc2-deals/#commentsTue, 29 Mar 2011 18:10:58 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=159505Major Nelson has posted what folks can expect to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace soon. Hit the jump to become informed.

First it was noted that in the US on April 19, folks can purchase three different XBLA games on one disc for $29.99: LIMBO, Trials HD and ’Splosion Man. It also comes with a 160 Microsoft Points code and a 48-hour trial of Gold membership.

There’s also quite a bit more on sale, as well as an April 1 one-day sale coming as well. A full list of Friday-only deals are listed below.

April 1

Fallout: New Vegas Dead Money – 400 MSP (50 percent off)

Comic Jumper – 400 MSP (67 percent off)

Deadliest Warrior – 200 MSP (75 percent off)

Fable 3 Understone Add-on – 200 MSP (50 percent off)

Here’s a look at what’s coming to the Marketplace soon. Note the deals on BFBC2 add-ons and BF 1943 below:

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/29/coming-soon-to-xbl-marketplace-the-lost-hobo-king-bfbc2-deals/feed/4Quick shots: Stacking: The Lost Hobo King hits April 6http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/29/quick-shots-upcoming-screens-from-stacking-dlc-surface/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/29/quick-shots-upcoming-screens-from-stacking-dlc-surface/#commentsTue, 29 Mar 2011 14:52:48 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=159465Screens from the upcoming DLC for Stacking have surfaced, thanks to Gamekyo.

Posted below, the DLC for the Double Fine title is called The Lost Hobo King. The content was outed last week by Xbox360Aachievements.

The DLC is expected to hit XBL on April 6 for 400 MSP.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/29/quick-shots-upcoming-screens-from-stacking-dlc-surface/feed/1Achievements reveal Stacking “Lost Hobo King” DLChttp://www.vg247.com/2011/03/18/achievements-reveal-stacking-lost-hobo-king-dlc/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/18/achievements-reveal-stacking-lost-hobo-king-dlc/#respondFri, 18 Mar 2011 04:03:06 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=157065If this were any other game, we’d be just about ready to declare this an elaborate joke. But it’s Double Fine, so that’s, you know, kind of the point.

As pointed out by Joystiq, both Xbox.com and Xbox360Achievements now carry listings for Stacking’s first DLC, apparently titled “Lost Hobo King.” Other than that, they’re pretty vague, but we imagine a full scoop from Double Fine can’t be too far off.

Also, those achievement images? Delightful. Never before have we felt so driven to achieve.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/18/achievements-reveal-stacking-lost-hobo-king-dlc/feed/0Stacking DLC in development, confirms THQhttp://www.vg247.com/2011/03/02/stacking-dlc-in-development-confirms-thq/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/02/stacking-dlc-in-development-confirms-thq/#respondWed, 02 Mar 2011 07:00:46 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=152934THQ’s announced that DLC for downloadable title Stacking is in development.

“We had confirmation today that DLC for Stacking is in development! Look out for more details on this soon.”

The Double Fine title, based on Russian stacking matryoshka dolls, released back at the start of February for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, the latter offering the game for free for a majority of the month via PlayStation Plus.

Double Fine’s now working on a Kinect-based Sesame Street title, Once Upon A Monster. It’s out this fall.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/02/stacking-dlc-in-development-confirms-thq/feed/0Schafer: Games should “be an expression of the people,” and company that make themhttp://www.vg247.com/2011/02/12/schafer-games-should-be-an-expression-of-the-people-and-company-that-make-them/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/12/schafer-games-should-be-an-expression-of-the-people-and-company-that-make-them/#commentsSat, 12 Feb 2011 18:37:13 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=147532Tim Schafer has said catering to a developer’s individual vision produces more creative games which in the end are more memorable as well.

Speaking with Gamasutra, Schafer said you can clearly see each developers mark on their games, such as Tasha Harris’ Costume Quest, and Lee Petty’s Stacking.

“I think that’s one of the cool things,” Schafer said. “Because if you’re going to make this argument about games as art, then I think they have to be an expression of the people who make them. Not just the person in charge, but the whole team, and the company who made them.

“I think with games, you should always look at them and be like, ‘There’s no one else who could have made that game, except for the person who made it,’ as opposed to a lot of games where they could’ve been farmed out to any work-for-hire developer. Which is fine — but you know, the thing our company is going to do is to try and make games that are more expressive.”

Stacking’s Lee Petty added that what’s great about games as inexpensive to make as Costume Quest and Stacking, is that they “don’t have to sell a ton to make money, or to break even.”

Stacking was released this week on PSN and XBL, and Petty said the team is looking into more DLC for Costume Quest.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/12/schafer-games-should-be-an-expression-of-the-people-and-company-that-make-them/feed/2Enjoy these four Stacking videoshttp://www.vg247.com/2011/02/10/enjoy-these-four-stacking-videos/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/10/enjoy-these-four-stacking-videos/#commentsThu, 10 Feb 2011 15:08:16 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=146935Double Fine has released four different videos for Stacking. The videos show you how to be the Bear, the opening sequence, a walkthrough, and how to stack.

The Double Fine title, based on the Russian matryoshka dolls, is available now for 1200 MS points here. The download comes in at 993Mb.

The game released last night on the US PSN and will be available from the EU PSN this afternoon.

]]>http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/09/stacking-now-available-from-xbox-live/feed/15Double Fine’s Schafer: Games must “avoid self-censorship”http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/07/double-fines-schafer-games-must-avoid-self-censorship/
http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/07/double-fines-schafer-games-must-avoid-self-censorship/#commentsMon, 07 Feb 2011 15:16:40 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=145727Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has said that games should “avoid self-sensorship,” insisting that funnier games would come as a result if so.

“The thing that’s more important than anything else to my mind – whether it’s comedy or horror or anything else – is just the element of surprise,” Schafer told CVG.

“Anything entertaining to me has to have that, really. Like in horror, you’re underwater and then the floating head … it’s the same feeling as when you’re expecting one thing and then something else happens in a joke.”

Schafer continued: “I think that’s a very similar urge in comedy. It’s the essence of really fun entertainment to me. It’s gets into our puzzles, too – like, What does the player think is going to happen here? There’s a door and there’s a lock. That’s too obvious. What else can we do?’

“The other thing is to avoid self-censorship. There are a lot of funny people in the games industry, and [they seem to] think of the funny thing, and then say: ‘No, I can’t do that. Let’s cut that out because someone might be bothered by that.’ I think if people censored themselves less there’d be a lot more funny stuff out there.”

Sony has posted a video over on the US PS Blog of Double Fine’s project lead for Stacking pointing out the visual details of the game.

Lee Petty also explains why the studio decided to go with a doll-playing adventure game: “We tried to condense the adventure game experience, so the dolls themselves are the characters, your inventory, and your abilities. You know that any given problem is going to be solved with dolls.”

These dolls will also be able to punch, seduce, and stack into other dolls in order to get the job done.

There’s also a “Hijinx” mode to Stacking, which allows you to play without adhering to the game’s script and be rewarded for using various character abilities attributed to each doll. This even menas punching, slapping, and apparently burping and other sorts of, er um, burping.

“What we found was that a lot of people enjoy slapping,” said Petty, “so the Hyjinx provide some structure to that. Bodily functions are a running gag in this game. We have all sorts of them.”

It sounds like a rather neat digital title, and you can expect to play it come February 8 on PSN and XBL.

Stacking project lead Lee Patty has said he wanted to “tell” a “compelling story” with the upcoming Double Fine Matryoshka-based game.

“We wanted to both tell a compelling story and also focus on interesting puzzles,” he told the EU PS Blog.

“When I set out to design Stacking, I knew that I wanted to make a contemporary version of the classic adventure game. I was looking for a way to distill the adventure game experience down to a more approachable, compact experience without losing the charm and character driven story telling of the classic adventure games.”

Patty also revealed how his daughter was an inspiration towards the game.

“At the same time, I saw my daughter playing with a set of matryoshkas, and I realized that they would be a perfect way to create a new game mechanic, condense the experience, and add a unique personality to the game. The matryoshaka dolls became the verbs, the inventory, and the characters that the player interacts with to solve puzzles.”

And there you go. Stacked releases later this year for PSN and Xbox Live.

“There’s a few more that I’ve identified, but I haven’t made those deals yet,” Bilson continued. “We’ve gotta get some hits rolling so I have more money to spend, to be honest with you.”

Now take a look at that fresh new paycheck just waiting to be cashed. Ask yourself, who needs it more? Your boring old family or Tim Schafer? Did your family make Psychonauts? There. We just answered the question for you.

Gamespot’s posted up four direct-feed movies of Doublefine’s Stacking, the downloadable, Matryoshka-based adventure which is about as sure to be an instant classic as the sun is to come up tomorrow.

Stacking’s story sees young chimney sweep Charlie Blackmore on a quest to reunite his family “after they’ve been forced into indentured servitude by an evil industrialist,” according to the developer.

Gameplay revolves around dolls stacking inside each other to solve puzzles. The new movies show gameplay and a cut-scene, showing off both the stacking mechanic and the game’s turn of the Century stylings.

Double Fine’s Tim Schafer’s said on the company’s site that the developer’s publishers don’t release PC versions of its games because there’s not enough return.

“As a developer we do not have final say in the SKU plan for our games. That is the decision of the person investing the money, i.e. the publisher,” said Schafer.

“We have much of the technology in place to produce PC versions of all these games, but there is still some more work required to make them shippable and that costs money. So far, our publishers have not elected to fund that work. Not because they hate PC gamers, but because they don’t see enough financial reward.

“Double Fine does care about PC gamers, and we always push for a PC version, and will continue to do so in the future. If we ever get super stinking rich here, with enough money to fund PC versions of our games, then we will go back and make them ourselves! Oh man, wouldn’t that be cool?”

Double Fine’s latest game has been announced. It’s called Stacking, and it’s a “third-person adventure puzzle game, set in a diorama open-world environment against a 1930’s era backdrop”.

It is similar to those Russian stacking dolls, and stars the world’s smallest of said dolls, Charlie Blackmore.

The main premise of the game is stacking, as the name states, and there will be various dolls in the game with unique abilities for Charlie to jump into and acquire new skills. You can keep throwing dolls into each other, but the only skill accessible will be from the outer most doll – which gives you plenty of reasons to stack and re-stack.

IGN reports there are many ways to get through a puzzle using the dolls, and uses a guard as an example, where the player could use a “pretty doll” to distract the guard or possibly use another to sneak past him.

It sounds rather interesting to say the least, and it’s expected to hit Xbox Live Arcade and PSN in spring 2011.